Bottle-shipping case.



Patented April 4, 1905.

UNrrED STATES PATENT Fries.

ROBERT l. VVRGrHT` AND CHARLES K. MlLLER, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

SPECIFIGATON forming part of Letters Patent No` 786,705, dated April 4,1905.

Application filed June 13,1904, Serial llo. 212,405.

T0 all 7,071,071@ t may concern.-

Be it known that we, ROBERT WRIGHT and CHARLES K. MILLER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan andState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful improvements inBottle-Shipping Cases; and we do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of thisspecication.

In the bottle-shipping cases now used it is the custom to hold the racksin position therein by nailing blocks or cleats on the inside of thefront, back, or ends of the case close above the top of the rack. It isthereby rendered difficult to remove the rack in order to repair it,clean the case, or for other purpose without damaging the case more orless both by driving the nails into it and by being obliged to tear thecleats or blocks oft'.

The object of our device is to obviate the necessity for cleats orblocks and to provide in lieu thereof a device that can be readilyinserted across the rack and be easily and quickly removed when it isdesired to take out the rack.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the case with its lid lifted andshown partly broken away and the partitioned rack and rackfastener inposition thereon. Fig. 2 is avertical cross-section of the case andrack, showing a fastener in position across the rack, the dotted linesillustrating the position of the fastener before its ends are pushedinto the front and back of the case. Fig. 3 is a top view of therack-fastener, and Fig. 4 a side view thereof.

ln the designation of thc parts of the device, A represents the case,and A the case-lid.

B B are the main partition-pieces of the rack, and C C the upper andlower supporting cross-pieces of the rack countersunk in said mainpartition-pieces.

1 DhD represent the ordinary parts of acaseatc E is a spring-metalelongated fastener, its ends E' E' beveled that they may be readilypressed into the case. They are preferably spread, as shown in Fig. 3,to permit greater purchase. /L /L are perforations in said fasteners.After a fastener has been pressed down to its normal horizontalposition, as shown in Figs. 'l and 2, it may ne the more rigidly held inplace by inserting small nails it h (shown by dotted lines in Figs. Qand 4) through said perforation 'L t and driving the nails into one ofthe partitions or cross-pieces. We preferably place two of thesefasteners in a case; but one only or a greater number than two can beused. In the cases as usually oonstructed these fasteners extend fromfront to back of the case, as shown in the drawings; but they can beadapted to any form of case and have connection with the ends of thecase instead of as shown without altering the purpose or scope of ourinvention.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A rack-fastener consisting of a single straight metal rod providedwith one or more perforations by which it may be riveted to thepartition-pieces of a rack and the projected spread pointed ends of saidrod adapted to press slightly into the case as the rod is pressed downat its center, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with a bottle-shipping case and its rack, of aspring-metal rod pron vided with one or more vperforations through whichit may be rigidly fastened on the top of the rack and the flattenedsharp ends thereof adapted to engage with the interior of theshipping-case as the rod is pressed downward at the rniddle upon therack, substantially as shown.

Tn testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ROBERT l. l/VRIGHT. CHARLES K. MILLER.

"Witnesses:

JOHN NUssnR, JACOB W. ZnLLnR.

